Image Archive: CTIO

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope under construction

CTIO from Cerro Pachón

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope Site Excavation

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope under construction

Telescope Domes at CTIO

Road at CTIO

Summit of CTIO

View of Some CTIO Telescopes and Buildings

USNO Deep South Telescope Dome

US and Chilean Flags at Cerro Tololo

Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Night

SOAR Mirror Arrives in Chile

Part of CTIO

Cerro Pachón Chosen for LSST

SOAR: A 21st Century 4-meter Telescope

CTIO Aerial

Victor Robledo works on the Blanco Telescope Cassegrain cage

Smashing Results About Our Nearby Galactic Neighbors

Galaxy clusters may offer critical clues to Dark Energy

SOAR telescope viewed from the dome floor level. Three folded Cassegrain side ports (light grey rectabgular covers) are visible, available for lightweight instruments that may be installed in the future.

USNO Deep South Telescope Control Room

Aerial View of CTIO Construction

CTIO 1.5-meter telescope

SOAR building, Winter 2018

SOAR telescope building, viewed from the rear

Laser Guide Star experiment at CTIO

The DECam prime focus cage under the Blanco 4-m telescope before installation

DECam Imager prior to instrument insertion

A Flash in the Pan: Exploding Star Shines Bright, Fades Fast

Logo: CTIO Color

SOAR surrounded by snow

Early morning at SOAR

Comet McNaught

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

CTIO at dusk

Side view of the SOAR telescope, showing the Serrurier structure that supports the secondary mirror, and the primary mirror protective petals in the open position.

CTIO, 2006

Blanco 4-meter primary blank

Arriving at SOAR

View of the SOAR telescope in its alt-azimuth mount

CTIO 61-cm Curtis Schmidt

Cerro Pachón from Cerro Tololo, 2006

CTIO, 2006

KMTNet 1.6-meter Telescope Plaque

CTIO 4-meter Blanco telescope

SOAR telescope primary mirror cell, showing the 120 actuators that contol the 4.1m diameter mirror figure.

The SOAR telescope front structure that supports the 61.5cm diameter secondary mirror

Milky Way over Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory

The Value of Being Metal-Poor

Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory